New Tyres for late 2003 Prado

265/70/ R17 BGF All Terrains now available everywhere I put these on mt 2003 Prado the day I picked it up done 70 000kms now still have 700% + tread.
My last set on my other vehicle got 100000 then changed as we were going up North

I replaced my OE tyres on my 04 Prado in Aug, about 10K ago now, with a set of Cooper ATR's. They are Far Far better than the Grandtreks. Mine were 265/65x17. Too early to comment on wear, so far so good. Amazing difference in Grip on ALL surfaces. May be a touch more road noise, but barely noticeable, if at all. By far the best money I've spent on my vehicle.

Did you change your wheels from original alloys to steel?

I also looked at the BF All Terrains. A Bit tougher than the ATR's, however I have been told that the BF's dont like reduced pressure as much as the Cooper ATR's. I do a bit of sand driving so that was one deciding factor. Also the BF's were about $50 per tyres more than the Coopers at that particular shop. BF's might be a bit more like a 70/30 if thats what you want. ATR's are quite impressive all round.

I also have a 2003 Prado and replaced the original tyres with Cooper ATR, they have done the Gibb River Road, Cape Leveque without any problems.I have travelled 20,000 kms and are very happy with these.

Regards
Steve

Thanks guys, I think we'll go the Coopers ATR, sounds the best bet!
Cheers!!

2003-onwards Prado GXL comes with 265/65/R17 Tyres as standard.

The options you got so far for the same size AT tyres are:

265/65/R17 Cooper ATR
265/65/R17 Bridgestones D694

There are a few others as well...

Don't take this as gospel but saw somewhere that Goodyear are bringing out the MTR in 17" soon; a tyre well regarded for looks & performance
Check out the 120 group on Yahoo - a good place to ask this question.

Another vote for the Cooper ATR here. I had Cooper A/T's put on it on the second day I owned it and have since changed these to the ATR in LT265/70R17.

Quite happy with wear and performance after nearly 20,000km.

225/70R17 sounds a bit small for a 120 series Prado GXL with alloys. As pointed out above 265/65R17 is standard size for this model. I went with the 70 profile ones as this was what was available and I was also keeping the existing half worn A/T's as spares.

Best of luck with it.

Muddy

and yet another vote for the Cooper AT 265/70/17. the slightly larger profile of course gives you that little bit extra ground clearance

question .. if i have the cooper AT's and want to carry an additional spare .. should i get another AT, or an ATR in anticipation of when i finally change over all of the ATs (when they finally wear out). what would be the disadvantages of mixing the AT & ATRs?